Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa

The “Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa” reports reveal that largely unregulated land purchases are resulting in virtually none of the promised benefits for native populations, but instead are forcing millions of small farmers off ancestral lands and small, local food farms in order to make room for export commodities.

Farmers in a field.

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